Heinz Endowments has awarded over $2.3 million in an initial wave of emergency grants.
Additional funding is in the pipeline, says the foundation's president.
"We are dealing with a sweeping social and economic catastrophe unlike anything any of us has seen before," says Grant Oliphant.
"As a community, we must respond quickly and effectively to bring help," he says.
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Amit Kataria, who lost his lower limbs to polio, has launched his social enterprise, Rural Organisation for Social Empowerment (ROSE) to create employment for at least one member of every household in Haryana, North Central India.